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Film Screening, Panel Discussion, and Reception—Off the Menu: Asian America"

2015年10月25日

Off the Menu: Asian America, a new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Grace Lee, takes viewers on a road trip across the United States in an exploration of how family, history, faith, and geography shape people’s relationships to food and their communities. Lee travels from Houston, Texas, to Oak Creek, Wisconsin, to Oahu, Hawaii, seeking stories that reflect an evolving Asian Pacific America and the role food pl...

Members Only Family History Workshop

2015年08月08日

JANM members and their children, grandchildren, parents, and/or grandparents are invited to explore their family history together in this new workshop inspired by the Sugar/Islands exhibition. After a brief tour of the exhibition, your family will create sun prints using one or two family photos that you bring along (photos will not be damaged) and family records that will be prepared for you ahead of time. ...

Indigo Dyed and "Boro" Stitched "Shibori" with Shibori Girl

2014年02月01日 - 2014年02月02日

This two-day workshop explores recycling vintage Japanese boro (tattered) textiles through indigo ombre dying techniques to create new scarves. Feel free to bring your own natural and lightweight fabric bits to use and share. $70 members, $90 non-members, an additional $40 materials fee (cash only) required at the beginning of class. Bring a pair of rubber gloves, sewing pins, and scissors. RSVP early; 24 partici...

Beginners Wagashi Workshop

2011年11月19日

This is a hands-on wagashi making class. Chikara Mizukami will demonstrate two classics: Nerikiri and Kuzukiri. Nerikiri are hand molded bean cakes made with azuki bean paste and natural vegetable dyes for coloring. You will learn about the seasonal themes in Wagashi and the varieties of wagashi shapes - the abstract and impressionistic designs of Kyoto and the realistic designs of Edo (old Tokyo). We will also ma...

"9066 to 9/11"

2004年08月05日

Produced by the National Museum's Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, 9066 to 9/11 explores similarities between the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II and Arab and South Asian Americans post-9/11. The film reveals disturbing parallels between these experiences -- separated by more than sixty years. While Executive Order 9066, which authorized the incarceration of Japanese Americans during the war was...

"9066 to 9/11"

2004年07月08日

Produced by the National Museum's Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, 9066 to 9/11 explores similarities between the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II and Arab and South Asian Americans post-9/11. The film reveals disturbing parallels between these experiences -- separated by more than sixty years. While Executive Order 9066, which authorized the incarceration of Japanese Americans during the war was...

Asian American Writer's Workshop Reading Series

1998年03月05日

Come join the free premier party for a new book published by the Asian American Writer’s Workshop entitled, Waterbook, an anthology of Vietnamese-American fiction and poetry, at the Japanese American National Museum for free on Thursday, March 5, 1998, from 7:30 p.m.–9 p.m. The Museum is located at 369 East First Street in the Little Tokyo Historic District of Los Angeles, and limited seating is available so call 2...

Contested Histories: Art and Artifacts from the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection - Videos

We will be sharing videos of the online programs presented in conjunction with Contested Histories and more! Please check back for additional videos. Contested Histories Talk: Episode 1—Clement Hanami Learn about the origins and creation of Contested Histories: Art and Artifacts from the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection, from curator Clement Hanami, in this program and Q&A that was livestreamed on April ...

Henry Sugimoto Collection

(92.97, 2015.2, 2015.7) Artist Henry Sugimoto (1900–1990) was prolific in documenting his experiences as a Japanese immigrant in the United States and depicting scenes of places in California, Arkansas, New York, Mexico, France, and Japan from the 1920s until the 1980s through his artwork. The collection chronicles Sugimoto’s entire career from his travels throughout France and the United States, to his incarceration...

Sansei Rocker: Behind the Curtain

All concert dates are now sold out. If you have questions about ticketing, please contact publicprograms@janm.org or call 213.625.0414. Tickets from $25-75 ($20-60 for JANM members) Travel back in time to the Sansei Dance Party Era in Los Angeles during the ’60s and ’70s through live music and storytelling! Written and produced by Harry Manaka, author of Chronicles of a Sansei Rocker, former owner of t...